To facilitate the preparations for the design, development and implementation of the NQF, the Council hosted the National Qualification Framework (NQF) Consultants, Dr Armand Hughes-D’Aeth and Dr Paulette Dunn-Smith during the months of January to March. During this initial phase of the NQF project, Dr Hughes D’Aeth, accompanied by the Executive Director, Ms Valda Alleyne, […]
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The National Qualification Framework (NQF), which is Pillar 2 of the Barbados Human Resource Development Strategy 2011-2016, has been placed under the responsibility of the Council. In order to prepare for this major initiative, the Executive Director, Quality Assurance Officers and the Project Coordinator (NQF) visited Mauritius, Scotland and England. The aim of the tours
On February 8, 2013, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) was presented a Certificate of Recognition as an Awarding Body, by the Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC). In the photo, Chairman of the BAC, Ms. Yvonne Walkes (second from left), presented Head of the ACCA Caribbean, Ms. Brenda Lee-Tang (second from right) with the certificate.
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The Council hosted a study visit for Ms. Trisha Rawlins, Executive Director of the Accreditation Board of St. Kitts & Nevis from July 2 – 6, 2012. Ms. Rawlins was provided with provided with guidance and techniques for managing an external quality assurance agency.
History was created in Barbados with the granting of Institutional accreditation to the University of the West Indies’ Cave Hill and Open Campuses for the period June 18, 2013 to June 17, 2019. This recognition was bestowed on the Campuses at two separate presentation ceremonies at Barbados Accreditation Council’s (BAC) headquarters. Chairman of the Council,
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It was a fierce battle, last Wednesday afternoon, as the Alexandra Secondary School and the St. Michael’s School, battled for supremacy over the moot which posited,’The Extensive Use of Social Media Has a Negative Impact on the Quality of Written Expression’, during the Finals, of the first ever, Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) National Secondary School
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The Council hosted a number of workshops in its efforts to offered continued development for the island’s tertiary educational providers. Programme Accreditation Workshop This workshop attracted over 25 participants from various tertiary educational providers around the island. This flagship workshop offered providers the tools for making the accreditation process as efficient as possible and provided
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